Seoul Jamshil High School will transition to coeducation starting next year. This decision is based on the judgment that it is difficult to recruit students if only male students are accepted due to the decline in the school-age population.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 6th, the office approved the application for the transition to coeducation from Jamshil High School the previous day.
Jamshil High School is a boys' school that opened in 1982. However, it applied for the transition to coeducation at the end of May.
The reason Jamshil High School, which has been operated as a single-gender school for decades, is trying to transition to coeducation is that it is difficult to recruit students. The decline in the school-age population makes it hard to maintain the number of students in single-gender high schools.
In addition, it is said that Jamshil High School considered the fact that there are no girls' schools or coeducational schools nearby, requiring female students to commute from a distance. Currently, the only high school available for female students in the area is Youngpa Girls' High School in Gangdong District, and attending other schools would require her to commute across districts.
The number of cases transitioning from single-gender schools to coeducation continues to increase. So far this year, a total of seven schools have applied to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education for the transition to coeducation. This is more than double the three schools that applied last year.
The schools that have transitioned to coeducation include Songam International Trade High School, Songgok Girls' Middle School, Songgok Tourism High School, Gyeongbok Business High School, Dongguk University Faculty of Education Affiliated Girls' Middle School, Dongguk University Faculty of Education Affiliated Girls' High School, and one public school, Seongdong Global Management High School.
The transition to coeducation at Jamshil High School will take effect from the recruitment of new students next year. Currently, the 1st and 2nd grades at Jamshil High School will remain as a boys' school even as they advance a grade next year.